Comparettia falcata
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Species: | C. falcata
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Comparettia falcata Poepp. & Endl. (1836)
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Comparettia falcata is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Comparettia. It is widespread across much of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America.[1]
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